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To See Beyond - for those who work in child protection
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To See Beyond - for those who work in child protection |
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Kethry Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-29
Posts 9082Victoria Australia 
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To see the wall and look beyond and know the hope of future there. To see the pain in softened frond and know the pitfalls of despair. With healing eyes you see so much and those in need will feel your touch To hear the cry of one in need responding boldly to her call - it makes you more than friend indeed to see the hope beyond the wall and harkening, you show you care to those in shadows waiting there To feel the pain in anxious cost; to reach and burn and reach again - keep holding on to teach the lost and live and learn through other's pain. In this, you take pride in your call to succour those caught by the fall To reach a heart and turn it round; to wander boldly mid the stark and hold for those, the higher ground you lift them up to make your mark. In all these things you can excel. They rise above, - your heart does well To hold the gift of life in trust and keep on going midst the fear and do the things you know you must and yet still grieve or shed a tear to carry on beyond the pale and do it all, lest others fail For this, my friend is your forte your torch is carried to all life and you ensure the world's okay although enmeshed in troubled strife. Within, you sense this cannot last but healing grows where you have passed Here in the midst of my lonely abyss, a single joy I find...your presence in my mind. Unknown |
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Larry C
since 2001-09-10
Posts 10286United States |
Keth, To you and all our CPS workers a wish for you for strength, courage, hope and an extra dose of love. Peace dear friend and well done.  If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane, I'd walk right up to heaven and bring you home again. |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Kethry~ This is a masterpiece of 'thanks'~ YOU are a masterpiece~ 'healing grows where you have passed' Touching the tender of me here~ *Huglets* dear friend~ ~*Marge*~ ~*When the heart grieves over what it has lost, |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
to see beyond, yes but to FEEL the whole of it...that is where the heart and soul of this person resides thank you for this piece, dear friend Kethry, if you have a moment (no need to comment) please read this: /pip/Forum81/HTML/003183.html [This message has been edited by Midnitesun (09-18-2003 09:00 PM).] |
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Magnus
since 2001-10-10
Posts 14135South Carolina, USA |
Beautifully expressed and so accurate of the feelings and emotions. Sadly, so many organizations face budget constraints and are often understaffed for the needs of the community. A job that requires great courage, tenacity and compassion. |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
To hold the gift of life in trust and keep on going midst the fear and do the things you know you must and yet still grieve or shed a tear to carry on beyond the pale and do it all, lest others fail What a beautiful tribute... your loving heart is obvious here, my friend... Superb! |
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Mistletoe Angel
since 2000-12-17
Posts 32816Portland, Oregon |
 (big hugggssssssss) God Bless You, sweet friend, now you have me flooding in tears because this is sooooooooo beautiful, sweet friend, I work once a month at the Denver Rescue Mission and I do much volunteer work for bi-lingual children in Boulder, as I believe children are our future and we need to love them and teach them the values of love and comfort so they can bring hope to our future and also because children are so cute and precious! (sigh) You shine with pure compassion in this write, sweet friend, God Bless You, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Lynne, thank you for sharing!  May love and light always shine upon you! Love, Noah Eaton I don't need no proof when it comes to God and truth |
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Paula Finn Member Ascendant
since 2000-06-17
Posts 5546missouri |
And they don't get near the recognition, nor PAY they so deserve...then we dare criticize when something goes wrong...seems we want it both ways huh? |
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Pilgrimage Member Elite
since 2001-12-04
Posts 3945Texas, USA |
I like the rhyme scheme in this one. I always like your rhymes, you know. I admire the people who do this, there aren't very many when considered against the need. I could never do the job, and it takes a special person to be able to. As a note on the rhyme, however, you've rhymed 'life' and 'strife', and I hear that one too many times. Give me a different one there, Keth. Nan (Pilgrim variety) |
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Kethry Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-29
Posts 9082Victoria Australia |
Nan, I can rhyme life with fyffe, and rife and knife. I can even, with a push, rhyme life with tripe, however in this instance life and strife seemed to love each other and belong together. *smile Keth Here in the midst of my lonely abyss, a single joy I find...your presence in my mind. Unknown |
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Pilgrimage Member Elite
since 2001-12-04
Posts 3945Texas, USA |
Somehow 'life' and 'tripe' don't seem like such a reach. Nan (Pilgrim variety) |
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ice Member Elite
since 2003-05-17
Posts 3404Pennsylvania |
excellent poetry, a difficult subject. Especially enjoyed the last stanza ....ice.... |
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